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Nigeria has earmarked $6.1 million for external consultants to support the rollout of its national fibre expansion project, according to…

Legend Internet Plc is moving to merge with Spectranet in a deal that could reshape Nigeria’s broadband market, as rising…

Kenya’s largest telecom operator Safaricom, plans to extend data minimisation across its mobile money platform, M-PESA, by late 2026. The…

The founders of Nigeria’s next billion-dollar fintech companies are already building. They are writing code, raising seed rounds, and designing…

Kenya is set to criminalise the use of “high-risk” artificial intelligence (AI) systems without state approval, a move that could…

Ride-hailing company Uber has partnered with Ghanaian fintech Fido to provide instant loans to drivers on its platform, in a…

Kenya is preparing to tighten its fight against online piracy, with a proposed copyright law that would allow courts to…

South Africa’s e-hailing industry is at a crossroads. While Bolt and WANATU have secured their operator licences ahead of the…

After more than a decade of trying to carve out a homegrown streaming service, Showmax is set to close. The…

Meta’s Ray-Ban smart glasses, developed with EssilorLuxottica, are marketed as AI-powered assistants capable of translating languages, describing surroundings, capturing hands-free…